Are you kidding me?

So yesterday it broke that the Governor of Illinois got arrested and charged with trying to sell President-Elect Obama's Senate seat. I am in complete shock over this. I know that times are hard but really selling a Senate seat to the highest bidder was really dumb.

I mean come on now, he knew for years that he was being investigated by the FBI!!! What were you thinking? And to have back to back Governor's get charged with crimes is just unheard of. But what doesn't surprise me at all is the fact that the media and FBI are fairly certain they know who the mysterious Senate Candidate 5 is. What a shocker here.....it is Jessie Jackson Jr. I have never like his father for the simple fact that at times he acts like he is above the law. It makes perfect sense that his boy wanted to get into the Senate and was willing to "pay" whatever it took to get that seat. Well, I guess the Governor, Jessie Jr. and Jessie Sr. can all share a cell together.

What really upset me with this whole situation was the fact that Children's Memorial Hospital, the very hospital my son has gone too and has doctors we see yearly at, asked the State of Illinois for $8 million in State funding for which I am sure they were going to use towards the new hospital they are building or for upgrades/repairs to the current hospital. Well, Greedy Governor Rod, decided to make a quick buck and thankfully the hospital didn't bite the bait. They refused, by not returning calls, to give him $50,000 for that money. Now I know you are probably thinking, that doesn't sound too bad, well here is the kicker, Rod never planned on giving the hospital that money. He wanted his $50,000 and then was going to come up with some reason, economy, budget problems, etc. to not have to give them the money.

As a parent of a child that goes to that hospital you should be ashamed of yourself Mister Governor!!!! That hospital is the BEST children's hospital in the U.S. if not the world. How dare you take from my child or another parents child so you can get a quick buck! I would have had sympathy for you in your situation until I heard this. While I don't hate anyone or wish ill upon anyone, I do hope that they throw your butt in jail just on this charge alone. I pray that your daughters never need medical care from that hospital but if they do, I wish they could deny you service to show you what as ASS you are for trying to take away from those kids! Then again, as of last night, it was not made clear if the hospital was getting the State funding or not. For the sake of my son and children like him I hope and pray that they get the much needed money!

Though the only positive thing I can find in this is how the FBI handled the situation. Rather than break down the door and alert his daughters to what was going on, the guy in charge placed a call to his home, explained the situation and asked him to come outside and give himself up. Thankfully those kids knew nothing of what happened. Kudos to the FBI for realizing that their were kids involved in that situation and doing what was best for those kids.

Well, that makes me feel better. I am not stupid, I know that corruption and crap is going on in politics all over the country. Some get caught and some can go years and years with out every getting caught. All I can say is sadly this is a part of our lives and no matter how disappointed we are about the situation and think the man should resign, it will happen again.